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What are the two Geography Disciplines?
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Human and Physical
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Landforms and Ecology
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Geology and Physical
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GIS and GPS
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Which of the following is NOT an area of study for Human Geography?
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Landforms
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Immigration
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Population
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Rock Cycle
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Which of the following is NOT an area of Physical Geography?
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Maps
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Plate Tectonics
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Sustainability
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Climate
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A representation of Earth's features on a flat surface.
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A very complicated colour drawing.
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Satellites in space provide locational information.
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A drawing with a lot of details and has a scale.
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What are the six map requirements?
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Title, Legend, Scale, Date, Direction, and Border
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Title, Scale, Distance, Compass Ross, Date and Border
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Title, Distance, Instructions, Directions, Scale and Border
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Title, Scale, Distance, Legend, Compass Rose and Border
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What is a Large Scale Map?
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A map that shows a large amount of detail in a small area.
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A map that shows a small amount of detail in a large area.
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A map that shows a large amount of detail in a large area.
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A map that shows a small amount of detail in a small area.
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What is an example of a Large Scale Map?
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A map of the world.
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A map used for hiking.
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A map found in an atlas.
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A map that shows Europe.
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What scale would a large scale map typically have?
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1:25,000
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1:250,000
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1:2,500,000
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1:250,00,000
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What is a small Scale Map?
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A map that shows a large amount of detail in a small area.
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A map that shows a small amount of detail in a large area.
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A map that shows a large amount of detail in a large area.
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A map that shows a small amount of detail in a small area.
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What is an example of a small scale map?
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What scale would a small scale map typically have?
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1:25,000
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1:15,000
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1:2,500,000
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1:30,000
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A General purpose map
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contains many types of information on one map
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contains information on only one topic or theme
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large-scale map showing both natural and human-made features.
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the location of geographic data is digitized, placed in databases, and used in various combinations to create maps.
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contains many types of information on one map
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contains information on only one topic or theme
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large-scale map showing both natural and human-made features.
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the location of geographic data is digitized, placed in databases, and used in various combinations to create maps.
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contains many types of information on one map
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contains information on only one topic or theme
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large-scale map showing both natural and human-made features.
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the location of geographic data is digitized, placed in databases, and used in various combinations to create maps.
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contains many types of information on one map
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contains information on only one topic or theme
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large-scale map showing both natural and human-made features.
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the location of geographic data is digitized, placed in databases, and used in various combinations to create maps.
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What direction is at the Question Mark?
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North East
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South East
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North West
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South West
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What direction is at the Question Mark?
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South East
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North East
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South West
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North West
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Which of the following is NOT a cardinal point?
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North East
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North
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East
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South
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What direction is opposite of NE?
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What direction is the opposite of NNW?
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What type of grid system is shown?
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Alphanumeric
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Military
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General Purpose
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Digital
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What type of grid is shown?
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Alphanumeric
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Military
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General Purpose
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Digital
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What is true about an Easting?
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The numbers of the vertical lines increase as you move west to east.
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The numbers of the vertical lines decrease as you move west to east.
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The numbers of the horizontal lines increase as you move south to north
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The numbers of the horizontal lines decrease as you move south to north
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What is true about a Northing?
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The numbers of the horizontal lines increase as you move south to north.
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The numbers of the horizontal lines decrease as you move south to north.
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The numbers of the vertical lines increase as you move west to east.
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The numbers of the vertical lines decrease as you move west to east.
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The prime meridian runs through which place on Earth?
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Greenwich
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Ottawa
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London
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Paris
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Which of the following statements about Lines of Latitude is FALSE?
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Run east-west around the globe
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Are parallel to the equator
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Are located approximated 111 km apart
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Run up to 90̊ north and 90̊ south
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All of the above are correct.
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Which of the following statements about Lines of Longitude are incorrect?
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Where is Oakville located?
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What hemisphere is Russia in?
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What does GPS stand for?
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Global Positioning System
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Global Parallel System
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Geographic Positioning System
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Geographic Positioning Site
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What does GIS stand for?
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Geographic Information Systems
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Global Information System
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Global Information Satellite
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Geographic Information Satellite
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Needs at least 24 satellites to ensure that at least 4 are visible at any time.
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Only works during the daytime because the satellites do not work in the dark.
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Shows you exactly where you are on a map.
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Does not work well when it is foggy.
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When we examined the movement of the Mountain Pine Beetle using a GIS, how was the information (attribute data) about the Pine Beetles show on the base map?
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It was a layer of information.
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It was a picture of information.
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It was just a computer generated image.
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The pine beetle attribute data was not shown on the map.
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Technology that is used for studying the earth from a distance is called
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Remote sensing
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Satellites
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GPS
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GIS
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If you had your exact location on Earth from a GPS, what could you put it in to create a map to see where you are?
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A Direct Statement Scale
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words are used to describe the relationship between a distance on a map and a specific distance on Earth’s surface.
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line divided into units of distance that represent the actual units on the ground.
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scale on a map given as a ration of distance on the map to distance on the ground.
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can only be found on a large scale map.
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words are used to describe the relationship between a distance on a map and a specific distance on Earth’s surface.
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line divided into units of distance that represent the actual units on the ground.
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scale on a map given as a ration of distance on the map to distance on the ground.
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only found on a large scale map
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Representative Fraction Scale
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scale on a map given as a ration of distance on the map to distance on the ground.
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line divided into units of distance that represent the actual units on the ground.
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words are used to describe the relationship between a distance on a map and a specific distance on Earth’s surface.
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is only found on a small scale map.
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What type of Scale is this?
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If a Representative Fraction Scale is expressed as 1:50,000. What is the Direct Statement Scale?
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1 cm = .5 km
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1 cm = 5 km
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1 cm = 50 km
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5 cm = .1 km
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If 1 cm on a map equals 2.5 km on the Earth, or 1 cm = 2.5 km, what is the Representative Fraction Scale?
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1:250,000
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1:25,000
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1:2,500
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1:2,500,000
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How many time zones are there?
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Approximately, using degrees, how far apart are each time zone?
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15 degrees
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360 degrees
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24 degrees
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90 degrees
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How many time zones does Canada have?
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Who introduced the idea of standard time?
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Sir Sandford Fleming
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John A. MacDonald
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Louis Riel
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John Guest
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Time zones that are east of the Prime Meridian
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Are ahead of Universal Time (UT)
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Are behind Universal Time (UT)
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Are a day ahead of Universal Time (UT)
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Are a day behind Universal Time (UT)
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Time zones that are west of the Prime Meridian
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Are ahead of UT
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Are behind UT
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Are a day ahead of UT
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Are a day behind UT
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If you cross the International Date Line moving westward
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If you cross the International Date Line move eastward